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Anthony Joshua

#27 Highest Paid
Age

36

Nationality
England Flag English

Contract

Last Fight 2025
Weight Class Heavyweight
Last Opponent Jake Paul
Last Fight Purse
$50M
Total Earnings
$519.6M

Career Earnings Trend

Last 7 fights

Contract

Anthony Joshua has developed one of the most lucrative purse records in heavyweight boxing, progressing from modest early-career earnings to consistent multi-million-dollar paydays as a global box office attraction. After starting with purses as low as $75,000 in 2014, Joshua’s earnings surged following his world title win and blockbuster bouts against Wladimir Klitschko, Joseph Parker, Andy Ruiz Jr, and Oleksandr Usyk.

His two-fight series with Ruiz alone reportedly generated over $120 million combined, while recent crossover and heavyweight events against Francis Ngannou and Jake Paul pushed his earnings back into the $50 million range.

With multiple nine-figure cumulative career purses, Joshua remains one of the highest-paid fighters of the modern era and one of boxing’s biggest commercial stars.

Fight Purse History

Date Fight Purse Verified
Dec 19, 2025 Joshua vs Jake Paul $50M
Sep 21, 2024 Daniel Dubois $24M
Mar 8, 2024 Francis NGannou $50M
Dec 23, 2023 Otto Wallin $15M
Sep 12, 2023 Robert Helenius $14M
Apr 1, 2023 Jermaine Franklin $20M
Aug 20, 2022 Oleksandr Usyk II $44M
Sep 25, 2021 Oleksandr Usyk I $40M
Dec 12, 2020 Kubrat Pulev $23.5M
Dec 7, 2019 Andy Ruiz Jr II $32M
Jun 1, 2019 Andy Ruiz Jr I $88.5M
Sep 22, 2018 Alexander Povetkin $27M
Mar 31, 2018 Joseph Parker $27M
Oct 28, 2017 Carlos Takam $21.5M
Apr 29, 2017 Wladimir Klitschko $20M
Dec 10, 2016 Éric Molina $3M
Jun 25, 2016 Dominic Breazeale $10M
Apr 9, 2016 Charles Martin $1M
Dec 12, 2015 Dillian Whyte $5M
Sep 12, 2015 Gary Cornish $2.5M
May 30, 2015 Kevin Johnson $1.5M
Oct 11, 2014 Denis Bakhtov $75,000

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Anthony Joshua

ANTHONY JOSHUA

Heavyweight

$50M
Oleksandr Usyk

OLEKSANDR USYK

Heavyweight

$172M

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